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News on Japan, Business News, Opinion, Sports, Entertainment and MoreSun, 02 Aug 2015 23:09:50 +0000en-UShourly1U.S. reasserts need to keep domestic surveillance secrethttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/22/world/u-s-reasserts-need-to-keep-domestic-surveillance-secret/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/22/world/u-s-reasserts-need-to-keep-domestic-surveillance-secret/#commentsSun, 22 Dec 2013 08:12:20 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=498511The government Friday reasserted its claim of state-secrets privilege to keep under wraps what it says are operational details in two long-running lawsuits alleging the National Security Agency’s surveillance of Americans’ emails and phone calls is unlawful. Federal officials also for the first time publicly acknowledged that President George W. Bush in 2001 authorized sweeping […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/22/world/u-s-reasserts-need-to-keep-domestic-surveillance-secret/feed/0NSA, GCHQ targeted foreign interests, allies, heads of aid groupshttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/21/world/nsa-gchq-targeted-foreign-interests-allies-heads-of-aid-groups/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/21/world/nsa-gchq-targeted-foreign-interests-allies-heads-of-aid-groups/#commentsSat, 21 Dec 2013 03:06:59 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=498046British and United States spy agencies targeted the office of an Israeli prime minister, the heads of international aid organizations and a European Union official who oversees antitrust issues involving U.S. technology firms, according to secret documents. The targets were among more than 1,000 listed in documents leaked to journalists by former National Security Agency […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/21/world/nsa-gchq-targeted-foreign-interests-allies-heads-of-aid-groups/feed/0Key officials back splitting NSA, Cyber Commandhttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/30/world/key-officials-back-splitting-nsa-cyber-command/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/30/world/key-officials-back-splitting-nsa-cyber-command/#commentsSat, 30 Nov 2013 12:53:14 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=488651Key senior administration officials have advocated splitting the leadership of the largest U.S. spy agency from that of the military’s cyberwarfare command as a final White House decision nears, according to individuals briefed on the discussions. At a White House meeting of senior national security officials last week, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/30/world/key-officials-back-splitting-nsa-cyber-command/feed/0ACLU seeks termination of NSA’s call-records programhttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/23/world/aclu-seeks-termination-of-nsas-call-records-program/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/23/world/aclu-seeks-termination-of-nsas-call-records-program/#commentsSat, 23 Nov 2013 08:00:17 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=485411Civil liberties advocates on Friday asked a federal court in New York to end the National Security Agency counterterrorism program that collects data on billions of phone calls by Americans, arguing that it violates the Constitution and was not authorized by Congress. The case was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union after the publication […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/23/world/aclu-seeks-termination-of-nsas-call-records-program/feed/0NSA chief: European spy agencies gave us datahttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/30/world/nsa-chief-european-spy-agencies-gave-us-data/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/30/world/nsa-chief-european-spy-agencies-gave-us-data/#commentsWed, 30 Oct 2013 03:23:23 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=474681The director of the National Security Agency on Tuesday dismissed as “completely false” reports that his agency swept up millions of phone records of European citizens, and he revealed that data collected by NATO allies were shared with the United States. Gen. Keith Alexander said foreign intelligence services collected phone records in war zones and […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/30/world/nsa-chief-european-spy-agencies-gave-us-data/feed/0NSA bills let Congress choose: End amassing of phone records or OK ithttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/29/world/nsa-bills-let-congress-chose-end-amassing-of-phone-records-or-ok-it/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/29/world/nsa-bills-let-congress-chose-end-amassing-of-phone-records-or-ok-it/#commentsTue, 29 Oct 2013 11:22:00 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=474259After nearly five months of controversy and debate, the U.S. Congress may face a clear choice over the National Security Agency’s program to collect the phone records of nearly every American: endorse it or shut it down.

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/29/world/nsa-bills-let-congress-chose-end-amassing-of-phone-records-or-ok-it/feed/1Foreign services told that Snowden has files on cooperation with U.S.http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/25/world/foreign-services-told-that-snowden-has-files-on-cooperation-with-u-s/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/25/world/foreign-services-told-that-snowden-has-files-on-cooperation-with-u-s/#commentsFri, 25 Oct 2013 03:07:25 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=472452U.S. officials are alerting some foreign intelligence services that documents detailing their secret cooperation with the United States have been obtained by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, according to government officials. Snowden, U.S. officials said, took tens of thousands of documents, some of which contain sensitive material about collection programs against adversaries such […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/25/world/foreign-services-told-that-snowden-has-files-on-cooperation-with-u-s/feed/1‘Broad standard’ OKs NSA snoopinghttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/10/world/broad-standard-oks-nsa-snooping/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/10/world/broad-standard-oks-nsa-snooping/#commentsSat, 10 Aug 2013 12:46:32 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=428898The Obama administration on Friday asserted a bold and broad power to collect the phone records of millions of Americans to search for a nugget of information that might thwart a terrorist attack. In a 22-page white paper, the Department of Justice for the first time detailed its legal rationale for a massive National Security […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/10/world/broad-standard-oks-nsa-snooping/feed/0U.S. Web-monitoring devices in Iran, Sudanhttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/09/world/u-s-web-monitoring-devices-in-iran-sudan/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/09/world/u-s-web-monitoring-devices-in-iran-sudan/#commentsTue, 09 Jul 2013 12:15:15 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=408011American-made devices used for Internet monitoring have been detected on government and commercial computer networks in Iran and Sudan, in apparent violation of U.S. sanctions that ban the sale of goods, services or technology to the autocratic states, according to new research. Several of the devices, manufactured by California-based Blue Coat Systems, were also discovered […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/09/world/u-s-web-monitoring-devices-in-iran-sudan/feed/0Strict rules help U.S. access data traffic on undersea cableshttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/07/business/tech/strict-rules-help-u-s-access-data-traffic-on-undersea-cables/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/07/business/tech/strict-rules-help-u-s-access-data-traffic-on-undersea-cables/#commentsSun, 07 Jul 2013 14:06:33 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=407062The U.S. government had a problem: Spying in the digital age required access to the fiber-optic cables traversing the world’s oceans, carrying torrents of data at the speed of light. And one of the biggest operators of those cables was being sold to an Asian firm, which might complicate American surveillance efforts. Enter “Team Telecom.” […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/07/business/tech/strict-rules-help-u-s-access-data-traffic-on-undersea-cables/feed/0Snowden files stoke U.S. security concernshttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/26/world/snowden-files-stoke-u-s-security-concerns/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/26/world/snowden-files-stoke-u-s-security-concerns/#commentsTue, 25 Jun 2013 15:05:14 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=391425The ability of contractor-turned-fugitive Edward Snowden to evade arrest is raising new concerns among U.S. officials about the security of top-secret documents he is believed to have in his possession — and about the possibility that he could willingly share them with those who assist his escape. It’s unclear whether officials in Hong Kong or […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/26/world/snowden-files-stoke-u-s-security-concerns/feed/0State photo-ID databases become troves for policehttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/24/world/crime-legal-world/state-photo-id-databases-become-troves-for-police/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/24/world/crime-legal-world/state-photo-id-databases-become-troves-for-police/#commentsSun, 23 Jun 2013 15:05:27 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=389874The faces of more than 120 million people are in searchable photo databases that state officials assembled to prevent driver’s license fraud but that increasingly are used by police to identify suspects, accomplices and even innocent bystanders in a wide range of criminal investigations. The facial databases have grown rapidly in recent years and generally […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/24/world/crime-legal-world/state-photo-id-databases-become-troves-for-police/feed/1Questions on NSA spying raised in courthttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/23/world/questions-on-nsa-spying-raised-in-court/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/23/world/questions-on-nsa-spying-raised-in-court/#commentsSat, 22 Jun 2013 15:10:55 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=389638Four days before a sweeping government surveillance law was set to expire last year, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Intelligence Committee, took to the Senate floor. She touted the 2008 law’s value by listing some of the terrorist attacks it had helped thwart, including “a plot to bomb a downtown Chicago bar” that fall. […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/23/world/questions-on-nsa-spying-raised-in-court/feed/0U.S. quietly sabotages al-Qaida’s flashy online magazinehttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/13/world/u-s-quietly-sabotages-al-qaidas-flashy-online-magazine/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/13/world/u-s-quietly-sabotages-al-qaidas-flashy-online-magazine/#commentsWed, 12 Jun 2013 15:03:18 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=381541U.S. intelligence operatives covertly sabotaged a prominent al-Qaida online magazine last month in an apparent attempt to sow confusion among the group’s followers, according to officials. The operation succeeded, at least temporarily, in thwarting publication of the latest issue of Inspire, the English-language magazine distributed by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. When it appeared online, […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/13/world/u-s-quietly-sabotages-al-qaidas-flashy-online-magazine/feed/0Manning ‘harvested’ secret papers: prosecutionhttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/04/world/manning-harvested-secret-info-prosecution-claims-as-trial-opens/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/04/world/manning-harvested-secret-info-prosecution-claims-as-trial-opens/#commentsTue, 04 Jun 2013 04:15:45 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=375962Opening the court-martial of U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, a military prosecutor charged Monday that he “harvested” a massive trove of classified information from secure networks and made it available to America’s enemies by dumping it onto the Internet. In a nearly hourlong statement to a packed courtroom, Capt. Joe Morrow described ways in which […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/04/world/manning-harvested-secret-info-prosecution-claims-as-trial-opens/feed/1U.S. weapons designs ‘compromised’ by Chinese cyberspieshttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/28/business/tech/u-s-weapons-designs-compromised-by-chinese-cyberspies/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/28/business/tech/u-s-weapons-designs-compromised-by-chinese-cyberspies/#commentsTue, 28 May 2013 03:36:15 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=372212Designs for many of America's most sensitive advanced weapons systems have been compromised by Chinese hackers, according to a report prepared for the Pentagon.

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/28/business/tech/u-s-weapons-designs-compromised-by-chinese-cyberspies/feed/0China tapped Google server secretshttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/21/business/tech/china-tapped-google-server-secrets/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/21/business/tech/china-tapped-google-server-secrets/#commentsTue, 21 May 2013 11:39:42 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=367935Chinese hackers who breached Google's servers several years ago gained access to a sensitive database with years' worth of information about U.S. surveillance targets, according to current and former government officials.

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/21/business/tech/china-tapped-google-server-secrets/feed/1U.S. wary of warning Iran on cyber-attackshttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/29/world/u-s-wary-of-warning-iran-on-cyber-attacks/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/29/world/u-s-wary-of-warning-iran-on-cyber-attacks/#commentsSun, 28 Apr 2013 15:02:22 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=354911The United States, concerned that Iran is behind a string of cyber-attacks against U.S. banking sites, has considered delivering a formal warning through diplomatic channels, but has not pursued the idea out of fears that doing so could escalate hostilities, according to American officials. At the same time, the officials said, the disruptive activity against […]